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The City of Albany recently adopted a Small Business Procurement (SBP) Program designed to assist local businesses build business capacity, create jobs, and strengthen the local economy.  Through training, counseling and other services, the City of Albany specifically aims to help Albany and in Dougherty County businesses win more contracts with the City as well as with other government agencies.

There is a direct relationship between learning about doing business in the government sector, bidding on government contracts, and winning those contracts.   And that’s exactly why the City of Albany has engaged the assistance of Georgia Tech to support the operation of the SBP Program.   The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) made a commitment to serving the Albany community many years ago.  GTPAC recently renewed that commitment by assigning a full-time Procurement Counselor to assist businesses in the Albany area.  And, now, Georgia Tech has designed special classes and other forms of assistance to help Albany area businesses compete for contracts with the City of Albany as well as government contracts throughout Georgia and the nation. 

Instructional classes and counseling on how to do business with the City of Albany and other government entities — at the local, state, and national levels — are now available to you.  To take advantage of these services, we urge you to make an application to become an Albany Small Business Enterprise (ASBE) at your earliest convenience. 

If you are outside the Albany area, or are not a small business, there are still ways to benefit from our services and benefits.  Explore this website to examine details about our Sheltered Market and Local Preference programs to see how your business can participate.

What’s the starting point?  Attend the next “Albany Small Business Procurement Program Orientation” session.  You can find our schedule of these orientation sessions and related training classes clicking on the ”Training” tab at the top of this page or here.   (You also can download a printable copy of our training calendar by clicking here.)

Interested in becoming a certified Albany Small Business Enterprise (ASBE) ?

To realize the full benefits of the City of Albany’s Small Businesss Procurement Program, a business should make application and become certified as an Albany Small Business Enterprise (ASBE).   There is a $25 administrative fee associatated with becoming certified.  Listed below are the benefits of becoming certified as an ASBE.  As an ASBE, you will:

  • Receive customized training on how to do business with the City of Albany, including instruction on how to prepare bids and proposals.
  • Receive instruction and counseling on all aspects of government contracting, including how to market your business to the government.
  • Receive detailed information about upcoming City contract opportunities as well as contracts from other local governments in the area, the State of Georgia, and federal agencies.
  • Be included in an on-line small business vendor directory for use by the City, other local governments, prime contractors and local small businesses to identify business sources and develop relationships.
  • Receive a small businesses preference on City of Albany contracts, involving requests for proposals and other solicitations where proposal evaluation factors are used. 
  • Receive exclusive access to City contracts through the City of Albany’s Sheltered Market Program.
  • Receive invitations to attend matchmaking & networking events designed to help Albany-area businesses build business relationships and partnerships.
  • Be able to partner with businesses — small and large — outside the Albany area to participate in City of Albany contracts.

We urge you to attend an upcoming Albany Small Business Procurement Program orientation session to learn more about how your business can benefit ftom this program.  A schedule of these orientation sessions — and other classes designed to help you do business with the City of Albany and other units of government — can be found by clicking right here.  (A printable version of our training calendar can be downloaded by clicking here.)

In addition, be sure to check out the complete listing of all the free government contracting classes offered by the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center in Albany click here and to see other class offerings across the state, please visit: http://gtpac.ecenterdirect.com/Conferences.action. 

Our Terms and Conditions

To become a certified Albany Small Business Enterprise (ASBE), you must:

  • Be a business located inside the city limits of the City of Albany, GA or inside Dougherty County, GA. 
  • Want to sell to the government.
  • Have the potential to sell to the government.
  • Have e-mail capability and Internet access.
  • Complete a ASBE application.
  • Report all government contract awards each calendar quarter.
  • Respond to our annual Quality of Services survey.